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Civility as Smart Advocacy author.

Civility as Smart Advocacy

If Shakespeare were a lawyer, he might have written, “To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether...

By Michael Diliberto
Check Out the AI Podcast of “50 Questions You Can Ask Friends and Relatives in Political Arguments” author.

Check Out the AI Podcast of “50 Questions You Can Ask Friends and Relatives in Political Arguments”

As an impressive option, you can now listen to the NotebookLM AI podcast of this article! As we head into...

By Kenneth Cloke
Game Playing in Negotiation: Evolutionary Purpose and Necessity—Machiavelli’s Place At the Table (Article & AI Podcast) author.

Game Playing in Negotiation: Evolutionary Purpose and Necessity—Machiavelli’s Place At the Table (Article & AI Podcast)

 Listen to the NotebookLM Podcast of this Article: Summary: While often dismissed as irrational, disingenuous, unethical or “Machiavellian,” game playing...

By Robert Benjamin
The Natural History of Negotiation and Mediation:  The Evolution of Negotiative Behaviors, Rituals, and Approaches (Article & Podcast) author.

The Natural History of Negotiation and Mediation: The Evolution of Negotiative Behaviors, Rituals, and Approaches (Article & Podcast)

Listen to a NotebookLM AI podcast about this article: Overview Since the end of World War II, in which the...

By Robert Benjamin
The Adjusted Winner Procedure: History, Application, and Future Prospects author.

The Adjusted Winner Procedure: History, Application, and Future Prospects

The Adjusted Winner (AW) procedure is a conflict resolution mechanism designed to ensure a fair and equitable division of assets...

By Robert Bergman, Jason Bergman
Navigating a Difficult Boss: Strategies and Solutions author.

Navigating a Difficult Boss: Strategies and Solutions

Introduction Dealing with a difficult boss can be one of the most challenging aspects of professional life. Whether it's a...

By Debra Dupree
Challenges to Starting an American Middle-Eastern Cross-Border Mediation Center author.

Challenges to Starting an American Middle-Eastern Cross-Border Mediation Center

A Question of Setting Boundaries and Taking Calculated Risk Starting a cross-borders mediation center between the US and the Middle...

By Alia Ismail
Mastering Mediation: Striking The Balance Between Negotiation, Skillful Communication and Constructive Facilitation Techniques for Successful Outcomes author.

Mastering Mediation: Striking The Balance Between Negotiation, Skillful Communication and Constructive Facilitation Techniques for Successful Outcomes

Introduction Mediation, like negotiation, is an art form. It requires a delicate balance of skillful strategy, empathy, and communication expertise....

By Carmen Reyes Wolfe
Harmonize Gracefully author.

Harmonize Gracefully

This article was first published on the Style Matters blog. Don't you love it when somebody readily agrees to do things your way? ...

By Ronald S. Kraybill
The Emotional ChatGPT author.

The Emotional ChatGPT

This article was first published on the PGP Mediation Blog. Recently, the Harvard Program on Negotiation posted a blog about “Emotional Intelligence as...

By Phyllis Pollack
13 Holiday Tips from Canada’s Conflict Resolution Professionals author.

13 Holiday Tips from Canada’s Conflict Resolution Professionals

1) ANTICIPATE AN EMOTIONAL SLEIGH RIDE As local therapist, Alyson Jones, writes: “If we want to prepare for a meaningful...

By Walter Brynjolfson
Reflective Practice: In Their Voices Interview with Chuck Crumpton author.

Reflective Practice: In Their Voices Interview with Chuck Crumpton

Reflective Practice: In Their Voices Video Conversation Project Chuck Crumpton founded Crumpton Collaborative Solutions in 2014 and concentrates on mediation...

By Charles Crumpton, Michael Lang
Reflective Practice: In Their Voices  Interview with Howard Herman author.

Reflective Practice: In Their Voices Interview with Howard Herman

Reflective Practice: In Their Voices Video Conversation Project For more information on this project and on Reflective Practice generally, see...

By Howard Herman, Michael Lang
To Disagree Better, We Need to Improve our Conflict Competence author.

To Disagree Better, We Need to Improve our Conflict Competence

Every year I train hundreds of professionals and university students on what I call “conflict competence,” or how to accept,...

By Danya Rumore
Dancing with Disagreement author.

Dancing with Disagreement

A person does not have to be particularly gifted to be able to make disagreements worse. On the other hand,...

By John Potter
Are Negotiation Tactics Returning to the American Government? author.

Are Negotiation Tactics Returning to the American Government?

It is no secret that the American government is mired in ideological gridlock. It does not seem to be a...

By Cindy Feit
How to Have an Unsuccessful Mediation author.

How to Have an Unsuccessful Mediation

Recently, I conducted a mediation which from the moment I introduced myself, I knew it would not settle. Certain signs...

By Phyllis Pollack
Competing, Accommodating and Compromising in Conflict Resolution author.

Competing, Accommodating and Compromising in Conflict Resolution

Competing, accommodating, and compromising all fall on the distributive dimension — on the diagonal from the upper-left mode to the...

By Ralph Kilmann
Maximizing Value: Soft Negotiation Skills to Create Value author.

Maximizing Value: Soft Negotiation Skills to Create Value

To most people, negotiation is a battle of words. They are all about reaching an agreement. They get blinded by...

By Papito Francis Ojok
Who says Mediation is not for Complex Cases? author.

Who says Mediation is not for Complex Cases?

Debunking common Myths about Mediation and Asserting how Litigators can help with the process Mediation has rightfully earned a reputation...

By Scott Levin Esq, CDFA
Conflict Tipping Podcast Episode 17: Making Lives More Complex (and Democratic) with Shannon Wheatley Hartman author.

Conflict Tipping Podcast Episode 17: Making Lives More Complex (and Democratic) with Shannon Wheatley Hartman

In this episode, Laura speaks with Dr. Shannon Wheatley Hartman of the Interactivity Foundation.  Listen if you are interested in...

By Laura May
Making Mediation Work in Your Favor – How to Approach Mediation in High Stakes Litigation author.

Making Mediation Work in Your Favor – How to Approach Mediation in High Stakes Litigation

By Jonathan Pollard Florida litigation attorney Jonathan Pollard discusses mediation strategy. Mediation is now an unavoidable and often mandatory part...

By Jonathan Pollard
What Happens Now? Succession Planning for Family Owned Businesses author.

What Happens Now? Succession Planning for Family Owned Businesses

“Won’t Someone Take Over for Me?” read a recent headline in the Business Section of The New York Times (01/05/2023). ...

By Dr. Lynne C. Halem
Chinese Spy Balloon – ‘Shoot It Down’: Expert Negotiation Lessons author.

Chinese Spy Balloon – ‘Shoot It Down’: Expert Negotiation Lessons

Shoot it down! This was the rallying cry of Republicans all last week after a large balloon identified by US...

By Bob Bordone
You Should Always Negotiate Your Worth: 3 Reasons Why author.

You Should Always Negotiate Your Worth: 3 Reasons Why

Are you required to negotiate your salary? No, but it is a good idea. Here are 3 reasons why you...

By Shane Ray Martin
How Can I Become More Comfortable with Conflict? author.

How Can I Become More Comfortable with Conflict?

One of the most common questions friends and family often ask me is, "How do I become more comfortable with...

By Bob Bordone
Mediation May Hinge on a Clear Understanding of What’s on the Table author.

Mediation May Hinge on a Clear Understanding of What’s on the Table

– and a Personal Story or Two Successful mediation isn’t always rooted in the confidential mediation statement, or the back...

By Charles Schneider
Pele’s Magic, Match and Mediation author.

Pele’s Magic, Match and Mediation

The 2022 World Cup pageant is being staged in Doha of Qatar, and all interests and attentions are riveted to...

By Mukti Rijal
Aaron Judge Contract Negotiations: A Case Study in Leveraging Power author.

Aaron Judge Contract Negotiations: A Case Study in Leveraging Power

For those of you who are not sports/baseball fans, you may not have known (or cared) that Aaron Judge, who...

By Jill Gross
Business vs Values in Negotiation: FIFA and Qatar author.

Business vs Values in Negotiation: FIFA and Qatar

What is the balance in business vs. values in negotiation? Watching this years World Cup has been different but the...

By Bob Bordone

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